Elijah l



(No Model.)

B. L. WINEY.

LAMP.

Patented Dec. 7, 1886.

MH/E/VTOH b i BY A r ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS Pmm-uzho n ner, Washinglcrl, D, c.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJ AH L. WINEY, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,905, dated December7, 1886.

Application filed April 13,1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIJAH L. \VINEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamps, and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of. reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of burners for lamps constructed toallow the insertion of a match to the'wick without removing the chimney,the object of the invention being to increase the convenience of theburner by securing a larger opening at a point in full view of theperson lighting the lamp, through which he may insert the lighted matchmore quickly and'with greater certainty that it will ignite the wick.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicatecorresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is avertical section of a lamp burner and chimney; and Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of the same, taken through line to, the cap of theburner being broken away to show more clearly the arrangements andconstruction of certai 11 parts.

In said drawings, a is a perforated plate providing a seat or bearingfor the chimney and support for the wick-tube b and slotted cap 0. Thesaid plate a has therein an opening, (1, of sufficient size to allow theinsertion of a lighted match to the chamber beneath the said cap, saidopening extending out to the peripheral edge of the plate a and throughthe said seat for the chimney, so that when opened it will be in clearView of the person igniting the wick. The fingerpiece e of the shutterprojects beyond the periphery of the Serial No. 198,670. (No model.)

vides a finger-piece, e, by means of which the shutter may be depressedby the hand to allow the match to be thrust through the opening oversaid shutter, so that the ascending flame will not be extinguished bythe broad surface that would be presented thereto, or saidsurfaceblackened,orthe depressingfingerburned, and into close contiguityto the wick. The shutter is closed automatically by means of a suitablespring, f, fastened beneath the perforated plate and bearing upwardagainst the shutter. Said spring is preferably of wire; but it may be offlat metal formed in any manner.

Having thus described claim as new is- The improved burner hereindescribed, consisting, essentially, of a slotted cap, a wicktube, aperforated plate having a seat for the chimney, and an opening extendingoutward through and beyond said seat and the periph ELIJAH L. YVINEY.

Witnesses:

FREDK. F. CAMPBELL, CHARLES H. PELL.

the invention, what I.

